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"TaQ's first original album: stromatolite" , posted Mon 5 Apr 08:36

I don't think too many people play Beatmania IIDX around here, but it doesn't matter... One of the game's music artists, TaQ, will be releasing his first original album on April 21st for 3,000Y. It's called stromatolite and containes 9 tracks, a few of which are from IIDX / his web site.

If you like good electronic/techno/bigbeat, check out his new site here and give the samples a listen.

And then preorder at AmazonJPN.

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IkariDC
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"Re(1):TaQ's first original album: stromatolit" , posted Tue 6 Apr 09:51

quote:
I don't think too many people play Beatmania IIDX around here, but it doesn't matter... One of the game's music artists, TaQ, will be releasing his first original album on April 21st for 3,000Y. It's called stromatolite and containes 9 tracks, a few of which are from IIDX / his web site.

If you like good electronic/techno/bigbeat, check out his new site here and give the samples a listen.

And then preorder at AmazonJPN.

Man, I've been willing to buy the DX II controller and some games for years, but now that I have the money, I can't find the controller available. So if you know any place where they still carry it, please tell me! It would be my dream (or one of them at least) coming true! Thanks in advance.

I'll check those samples later...

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"Re(2)" , posted Tue 6 Apr 10:01

Hmm... looks like JapanVideoGames.com and Himeya are sold out... Himeya charges way too much, anyway. Your best bet is finding someone in Japan that could snatch one up for like $40.

That may not be feasible, so try not to spend more than $90 or so... Umm...

eBay?

I can't find any other online stores that carry it... Drat.

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"Re(3):Re(2)" , posted Thu 8 Apr 08:01

Hey, how is Play-Asia about restocking stuff?

Here

They've got a pretty decent price, too.

IkariDC
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"Re(4):Re(2)" , posted Fri 9 Apr 10:30

quote:
Hey, how is Play-Asia about restocking stuff?

Here

They've got a pretty decent price, too.

Thanks for posting!

Play-Asia is one of the two sites I know that may have the controller restocked, but I don't know when that's going to be... I'm going to keep an eye on those sites.

By the way, can you tell me about the music style in the IIDX series? I love Beatmania Club Mix and The Sounds of Tokyo, and I hate 5th Mix and 6th Mix + Core Remix.

Just to know that I'm not going to be dissapointed with the games.

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"Funky sambas" , posted Fri 9 Apr 11:33

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By the way, can you tell me about the music style in the IIDX series? I love Beatmania Club Mix and The Sounds of Tokyo, and I hate 5th Mix and 6th Mix + Core Remix.

I haven't heard much 5 Key music at all, but I highly recommend heading over to DJ BAD's site and downloading some samples. He has just about every IIDX OST up there.

There's a huge variety of music in IIDX... that's the best thing about the series. There's every subgenre of electronic music you could possible imagine, plus a decent amount of pop-y stuff and even some freaky stuff like synthesized jazz, rock opera, and J-rap [shiver.]

I'm big on the electronic stuff like bigbeat and hard techno... Anything by TaQ is spectacular, really.

I think it's impossible to not find a few songs you really like in the series.

Recommended listening: Schlagwerk, Holic, Love is Dreaminess, Theme of DENJIN J, era, Sync, Spin the Disc, symbolic, Rislim... and... if I don't stop now, I'll go on forever. Just download anything and everything from that site.

Mav
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"Re(5):Re(2)" , posted Fri 9 Apr 15:08

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By the way, can you tell me about the music style in the IIDX series? I love Beatmania Club Mix and The Sounds of Tokyo, and I hate 5th Mix and 6th Mix + Core Remix.

I enjoyed Club Mix, but Sounds of Tokyo was far too out-there for my tastes. 5th and 6th don't reflect the IIDX flavor, but I have a feeling you may be better off persuing the Pop n' Music series instead of IIDX. IIDX stays a bit more true to real dance genres and it sounds like the less genre-specific stylings of Club Mix and Pop 'n may be your bag.

Octopi are kinda' funny. You can't blame them for anything.

IkariDC
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Regular Customer

"Re(6):Re(2)" , posted Sat 10 Apr 06:27

Thanks for the link! I'm going to download some songs, so I can know about the music style of the games. Diversity of styles? That's a very good thing.

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I enjoyed Club Mix, but Sounds of Tokyo was far too out-there for my tastes. 5th and 6th don't reflect the IIDX flavor, but I have a feeling you may be better off persuing the Pop n' Music series instead of IIDX. IIDX stays a bit more true to real dance genres and it sounds like the less genre-specific stylings of Club Mix and Pop 'n may be your bag.

Don't get me wrong. I hate 5th and 6th + core, but I like the rest. I love the European Edition, which is a compilation of songs from 2nd, 3rd, 4th and Gottamix, I believe. There are also some nice and exclusive songs too.

Never played Pop'n Music, but I guess I would like them a lot.